Bluff, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map UGS RI Conn and K

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It has also served as a model for the Student Conservation Corps and other youth programs

Significant new discoveries of dinosaur tracks and fossils in these local strata shed new light on this part of North America's geologic history

and relationships among rocks and sediments at and near the earth's surface

Darker shades indicate lower elevations

Bluff, Utah - 7.5 Minute Series Topo Map UGS RI Conn and KThe distinctive characteristic of a topographic map is that the shape of the Earth's surface is shown by contour lines. Contours are imaginary lines that join points of equal elevation on the surface of the land above or below a reference surface, such as mean sea level. Contours make it possible to measure the height of mountains, depths of the ocean bottom, and steepness of slopes. A topographic map shows more than contours. The map also includes